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Author: John D. Grainger
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1783272317
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean from the earliest times until the present.
Author: G. A. Titterton
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780714651798
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0415390958
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book describes the dangerous convoy operations in the Mediterranean necessary to relieve the garrison and people of Malta, covering the period from the beginning of 1941 until the end of 1942.
Author: David Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1135281548
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume deals with the first 15 months of the Mediterranean Campaign including the preparations for war, the effect of the entry of Italy into the war in June, 1940, the tragic actions against the French Fleet, and the achievement of British command of the sea, which was the defining factor for all subsequent Mediterranean operations. It ends with the first Mediterranean convoy battle to run supplies from Gibraltar to Alexandria - Operation Hat.
Author: David Brown
Publisher:
Published: 2016-01-20
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781138985551
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work covers a difficult period of the war for the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. It covers the destruction of the Italian Fleet at Taranto by naval aircraft from the carrier Illustrious, and the entry of the German Luftwaffe into the theatre with their attack on Illustrious in 1941.
Author: Paul Halpern
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-03
Total Pages: 648
ISBN-13: 1317024168
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Following the end of the First World War the Mediterranean Fleet found itself heavily involved in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea and to a lesser extent, the Adriatic. Naval commanders were faced with complex problems in a situation of neither war nor peace. The collapse of the Ottoman, Russian and Habsburg empires created a vacuum of power in which different factions struggled for control or influence. In the Black Sea this involved the Royal Navy in intervention in 1919 and 1920 on the side of those Russians fighting the Bolsheviks. By 1920 the Allies were also faced with the challenge of the Turkish nationalists, culminating in the Chanak crisis of 1922. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne enabled the Mediterranean Fleet finally to return to a peacetime routine, although there was renewed threat of war over Mosul in 1925-1926. These events are the subject of the majority of the documents contained in this volume. Those that comprise the final section of the book show the Mediterranean Fleet back to preparation for a major war, applying the lessons of World War One and studying how to make use of new weapons, aircraft carriers and aircraft.
Author: Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-05
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1134704348
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book contains the Naval Staff History originally issued by the Admiralty in 1957 as a confidential book for use within the Royal Navy. It has since been declassified and is published here for the first time, along with an extended preface. This volume describes the dangerous convoy operations in the Mediterranean which were necessary to relieve the garrison and people of Malta, covering the period from the beginning of 1941 until the end of 1942. These convoys had to be fought through against determined attack by German and Italian surface, submarine and, particularly, air forces. Although casualties were proportionately higher than in Atlantic convoys, Malta was successfully re-supplied and remained a considerable impediment to enemy’s attempts to supply their armies in North Africa. These operations reveal the dedication, courage and professionalism of the sailors (of both naval and merchant services) as well as the airmen who supported them. A new preface sets the scene for the Staff History. The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean Convoys will be of great interest for students interested in the Mediterranean Convoys, Second World War and naval and military history.
Author: David Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1136341277
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work covers a difficult period of the war for the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. It covers the destruction of the Italian Fleet at Taranto by naval aircraft from the carrier Illustrious, and the entry of the German Luftwaffe into the theatre with their attack on Illustrious in 1941.
Author: David Brown
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 0714652059
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Hobbs
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2020-11-30
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 1526793849
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“If you only read one book on the development of the Fleet Air Arm and Naval air warfare in the Mediterranean during World War 2 then this should be it.” —Military Historical Society After the Italian declaration of war in June 1940, the Royal Navy found itself facing a larger and better-equipped Italian surface fleet, large Italian and German air forces equipped with modern aircraft and both Italian and German submarines. Its own aircraft were a critical element of an unprecedented fight on, over and under the sea surface. The best-known action was the crippling of the Italian fleet at Taranto, which demonstrated how aircraft carriers and their aircraft had replaced the dominance of battleships, but every subsequent operation is covered from the perspective of naval aviation. Some of these, like Matapan or the defense of the “Pedestal” convoy to Malta, are famous but others in support of land campaigns and in the Aegean after the Italian surrender are less well recorded. In all these, the ingenuity and innovation of the Fleet Air Arm shines through—Taranto pointed the way to what the Japanese would achieve at Pearl Harbor, while air cover for the Salerno landings demonstrated the effectiveness of carrier-borne fighters in amphibious operations, a tactic adopted by the US Navy. The author’s years of archival research together with his experience as a carrier pilot allow him to describe and analyze the operations of naval aircraft in the Mediterranean with unprecedented authority. This provides the book with novel insights into many familiar facets of the Mediterranean war while for the first time doing full justice to the Fleet Air Arm’s lesser known achievements. “A full and fascinating story.” —Clash of Steel
